Largest 2018 United States M&A Transactions

Express Scripts Holding Co. is a provider of integrated pharmacy-benefit management services. Services include network-pharmacy claims processing, home delivery, specialty benefit management, benefit-design consultation, drug-utilization review, formulary management, and medical and drug data analysis services. Express Scripts Holding Co. was formed in 1986 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Cigna
Company
Healthcare Services
Bloomfield, Connecticut
www.cigna.com
Advisors: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison , Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz , Morgan Stanley

Sprint is a provider of wireless and wireline communications services for consumers, businesses and government users. In addition to the Sprint brand, Sprint offers its services through Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless.

T-Mobile US
Company
Communications
Bellevue, Washington
www.t-mobile.com
Advisors: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz , Deutsche Bank Corporate & Investment Banking , PJT Partners

SoftBank
Company
Diversified
Tokyo, Japan
www.softbank.jp
Advisors: Morrison & Foerster , SMBC Nikko Securities , Mizuho

Andeavor is a refiner and marketer of petroleum products. Andeavor operates six refineries in the western United States with a combined capacity of 850,000 barrels per day. Andeavor was founded in 1968 and is based in San Antonio, Texas.

Marathon Petroleum
Company
Energy Services and Equipment
Findlay, Ohio
www.marathonpetroleum.com
Advisors: Jones Day , Barclays Investment Bank

Red Hat is a provider of open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to reliable and high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and virtualization technologies. Red Hat also offers support, training, and consulting services. Red Hat was formed in 1993 and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

IBM
Company
Information Technology
Armonk, New York
www.ibm.com

Refinitiv is a large provider of financial markets data and infrastructure, serving over 40,000 institutions in over 150 countries. It provides data and insights, trading platforms, market data infrastructure and open technology platforms that support and connect the global financial markets community. Refinitiv was formerly known as Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk and is based in New York.

The Blackstone Group
Investor
Private Equity Firm
New York, New York
www.blackstone.com
Advisors: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett , BofA Securities , Citi , J.P. Morgan Securities

CPP Investments
Investor
Pension
Toronto, Ontario
www.cppinvestments.com/the-fund/our-investments/investment-private-equity/

Thomson Reuters
Company
Information Services
Toronto, Ontario
www.thomsonreuters.com
Advisors: Torys , Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz , TD Securities , Centerview Partners , Guggenheim Securities

CA Technologies is a global software provider for large companies. CA Technologies was formed in 1974 and is based in New York, New York.

Broadcom
Company
Semiconductors
Palo Alto, California
www.broadcom.com

Clarios is a global energy storage solutions provider, specializing in advanced battery technologies. Clarios develops and manufactures a wide range of batteries for automotive, marine, and industrial applications. They are known for their lithium-ion and lead-acid battery technologies that deliver enhanced performance, reliability, and efficiency. Clarios is headquartered in Glendale, Wisconsin.

Brookfield Private Equity
Investor
Private Equity Firm
Toronto, Ontario
www.brookfield.com/about-us/capabilities/private-equity

Johnson Controls
Company
Diversified
Cork, Ireland
www.johnsoncontrols.com
Advisors: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett , Barclays Investment Bank , Centerview Partners

CSRA, Inc. is a provider of next-generation technology solutions to federal customers in the fastest-growing segments across the U.S. government, and we do so with an unparalleled focus on execution, performance and efficiency. CSRA is realizing the promise of technology to change the world through next-generation thinking and meaningful results. CSRA is driving towards achieving sustainable, industry-leading organic growth across federal and state/local markets through customer intimacy, rapid innovation and outcome-based experience. CSRA has over 18,000 employees and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.

General Dynamics
Company
Defense
Reston, Virginia
www.gd.com
Advisors: Jenner & Block , Stone Key Group

Bioverativ, Inc. is a global biotechnology company dedicated to transforming the lives of people with hemophilia and other rare blood disorders through world-class research, development and commercialization of innovative therapies.

Sanofi
Company
Life Science
Paris, France
www.sanofi.com
Advisors: Weil Gotshal & Manges , Lazard

GE Transportation is a supplier of equipment, services and digital solutions to the rail, mining, marine, stationary power and drilling industries.

Wabtec
Company
Machinery
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
www.wabteccorp.com
Advisors: Jones Day , Goldman Sachs

General Electric
Company
Diversified
Boston, Massachusetts
www.ge.com
Advisors: Davis Polk & Wardwell , Morgan Stanley

Pinnacle Foods, Inc. is a manufacturer and marketer of branded convenience food products in the United States and Canada. Its product range includes frozen dinners and entrees, frozen seafood, breakfasts, bagels, pickles, peppers and relish, baking mixes and frostings, and syrups and pancake mixes.

Conagra Brands
Company
Food
Chicago, Illinois
www.conagrabrands.com
Advisors: Jones Day , Goldman Sachs , Centerview Partners

Envision Healthcare is a provider of physician-led services and post-acute care, and ambulatory surgery services. Envision Healthcare was founded in 1992 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

KKR
Investor
Private Equity Firm
New York, New York
www.kkr.com
Advisor: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

RSP Permian, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the acquisition, exploration, development and production of unconventional oil and associated liquids-rich natural gas reserves in the Permian Basin of West Texas.

Concho Resources, Inc.
Company
Oil/Gas Exploration
Midland, Texas
www.concho.com
Advisors: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher , Sullivan & Cromwell , Morgan Stanley

Energen Corp. is an oil and gas exploration and production company with headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama. The company has approximately 775 million barrels of oil-equivalent proved, probable, and possible reserves and another 2.5 billion barrels of oil-equivalent contingent resources. Energen was founded in 1929 and is based in Birmingham, Alabama.

Diamondback Energy
Company
Oil/Gas Exploration
Midland, Texas
www.diamondbackenergy.com
Advisors: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld , Citi

Juno Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on revolutionizing medicine by re-engaging the body's immune system to treat cancer. Juno Therapeutics was founded in 2013 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Celgene Corp.
Company
Life Science
Summit, New Jersey
www.celgene.com
Advisors: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom , Proskauer Rose , Hogan Lovells , J.P. Morgan Securities

AveXis is a clinic-ready, synthetic biology platform company. AveXis has several ongoing clinical studies for the treatment of SMA, an inherited neurodegenerative disease caused by a defect in a single gene, the survival motor neuron (SMN1). The lead AveXis gene therapy candidate, AVXS-101, has highly compelling clinical data in treating SMA Type 1, which is the number one genetic cause of death in infants, where 9 out of 10 infants do not live to their second birthday or are permanently ventilator dependent. It is estimated that one out of every 6,000-10,000 children born is affected by some form of SMA.

Novartis
Company
Life Science
Basel, Switzerland
www.novartis.com